Primer Prices South of the Border

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Well I was grumbling last weekend about having to pay nearly $30.00 for a thousand small pistol primers at LeBaron. No matter, at least they had some.

I came across this posting from an American board:

I went out today to check on local stocks of large pistol primers here in Louisville Ky. Keisler's, on the Indiana side of the Ohio had CCI's at $29.50 a thousand, before tax but no Winchesters, my preferred brand. Thinking that the local Bass Pro outlet over there might have some, I checked and was rewarded with the highest price I've ever seen...$60.00 a thousand before tax!!! Remington's and CCI's were cheaper but not as low as Keisler's. When I mentioned that Keisler's had CCI's for $29.50 he just shrugged. Went back to Keisler's and bought a thousand of the CCI's. Sounds an awful lot like price gouging to me. December's big gun show in Louisville had Winchesters for $30.00 a thousand, which at the time I thought was out of sight.

Lot's of talk about hoarding on several other sites that I frequent...jitters about the Obama regime's intentions towards guns, shooting, and the 2nd Amendment in general I'd guess. Gonna be a long cold four years guys...keep your powder dry.

Regards, Rodfac
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$60.00 USD a thousand....maybe I should start buying all I can get my hands on. I knew the Obama administration was going to be bad news....just not that it would be so bad...and this fast.:eek:
 
Primers on both sides of the border have been scarce for a while now. Long before Obama was crowned. Rumour has it that the war is causing it.
 
Hi,
An insider at Federal mentioned that they were a year and a half behind on primer production and that they were barely keeping up with their DoD contract.
Hardly surprising given the buying frenzy south of the Border that I paid $55 per 1000 for CCI BR2's last week.
Tack
 
Tack said:
Hi,
An insider at Federal mentioned that they were a year and a half behind on primer production and that they were barely keeping up with their DoD contract.
Hardly surprising given the buying frenzy south of the Border that I paid $55 per 1000 for CCI BR2's last week.
Tack
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I find that info a little hard to swallow, considering they just laid-off employees...

Jan 09, 2009 (Star Tribune - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- ATK | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- For the second time in eight weeks, Alliant Techsystems is laying off workers at its Federal Cartridge ammunition plant in Anoka because of the end of an orders backlog, officials announced Thursday. Alliant Techsystems spokeswoman Amanda Covington said the company has cleared the backlog, and with hunting seasons ending, Alliant is facing reduced demand.

Looks like the back-log is gone...
 
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blargon said:
I find that info a little hard to swallow, considering they just laid-off employees...

Jan 09, 2009 (Star Tribune - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- ATK | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- For the second time in eight weeks, Alliant Techsystems is laying off workers at its Federal Cartridge ammunition plant in Anoka because of the end of an orders backlog, officials announced Thursday. Alliant Techsystems spokeswoman Amanda Covington said the company has cleared the backlog, and with hunting seasons ending, Alliant is facing reduced demand.

Looks like the back-log is gone...
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The same insider admitted that Federal did not ship any factory ammunition to Canada at all in 2008.
Orders being delivered now were originally placed in 2007.
Tack
 
Jess said:
I would buy all you can at that price in Canada. Prices will be soaring to $40 to $50/thousand.
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A few weeks ago, I bought out Lebaron's on Dundas St in Mississauga of large pistol and rifle primers. The average price I think worked out to somewhere around 31 bucks per 1000.

That purchase, plus one more I made shortly afterwards, plus what I already had should have me enough to outlast Obama's presidency :D
 
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